On a rainy spring day in Seattle, young software tycoon Micah Taylor receives a cryptic, twenty-five-year-old letter from a great uncle he never knew. It claims a home awaits him on the Oregon coast that will turn his world inside out.

Suspecting a prank, Micah arrives at Cannon Beach to discover a stunning brand new nine-thousand square foot house. And after meeting Sarah Sabin at a nearby ice cream shop, he has two reasons to visit the beach every weekend.

When bizarre things start happening in the rooms of the home, Micah suspects they have some connection to his enigmatic new friend, Rick, the town mechanic. But Rick will only say the house is spiritual.

This unnerves Micah because his faith slipped away like the tide years ago, and he wants to keep it that way.

But as he slowly discovers, the home isn’t just spiritual, it’s a physical manifestation of his soul, which God uses to heal Micah’s darkest wounds and lead him into an astonishing new destiny.

I downloaded “Rooms” to the Kindle app on my I-Phone a few days ago. I just finished it tonight, and I’m still digesting it. But I can tell you that it changed the way I look at some things. I’m being careful how I word this because I would hate to ruin the impact on any of your readers, mostly because it had a pretty good impact on me. After I digest it a little longer, I may come back and add some more. I’m very glad I read your book.

I had finished Rooms last week”.
As it had made a profound change in how I look at this world. and just how I look at those things in it. now I’m one of those leather wearing biker types, and run a motorcycle ministry, but this book totally had me looking and talking to Father God More than I ever had before, since it included The Word of God, had me reading it with my Bible sitting right next to me. the revelations that came out of it, has me throwing things
I thought I had to have, right in the trash… As listening with the heart has Much more meaning than the head.
Bottom line.(DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK). Thanks, it was a true heart opener

I finished your book “Rooms” last night. Wow, it was really good. Gave me a lot to think about regarding my own life.
I was wondering if you have ever experienced the presence of God like you discribed in the last of the book? You made it so real.

Recently, God has been taking me through some memory healing. In this process, I have, at times, resisted the Spirit’s call to forgive. This week, I cried and cried because I have continued to resist forgiveness in a few relationships. Then I picked up this book and cried again. And again. And again.

Earlier this week, I described to my friend how I felt like I was in a battle and I related it to flipping my hand palm up, palm down, palm up palm down. I would look at my palm and tell God I can’t give it up, flip palm down and see myself flowing with the Spirit, letting it go. I felt like I was trying to remain rooted in two different worlds. Does this sound familiar?

At some point, as I read your book, I saw that a portion of my heart was a locked vault. Jesus came in his gentle way, and told me that he has the key. I gave him permission to unlock it. Yes, this scary but it is good. It is no accident that I read your book this weekend.

You made Cannon Beach come alive! We have traveled there for over 20 years. We live in Atlanta and long to live in Oregon and be near Haystack rock. I just finished Rooms and my favorite part was the voice room and it reminded me of how caught up we each get in hearing our own voice which we think is HIS and how we need to keep diligently seeking HIM to know the difference! Please keep writing and blogging!

There were times when I felt like I did back in the early days as a Christian when it felt like the toes being stepped on were mine. I felt part of this was my story, part of it a glorious journey. I loved it!

I just finished Rooms and how I LOVE books like this! I too felt like I could actually envision Cannon Beach and all of the wonderful people in your book. You are truly a gifted writer! Please don’t stop writing. So many authors will write books like this and then take off into totally different genres. There is so much violence in real life and on TV. So to find a book like ROOMS was certainly a blessing! I can’t wait until your next books come out. Thank you for sharing your stories with us.

I would like to read your book on my ereader. I am in Bolivia where it is difficult to get printed books from other countries. I would like to buy the ebook in epub format but the booksellers (B&N and Sony) don’t want to sell outside the USA, which I think is quite stupid as the internet is global. Can you tell me how to buy your book? I have seen it is available on a torrent site but I rather don’t do this. One option that came into my mind is buying a Kindle copy that I cannot use on my ereader and then download epub from a torrent. In that way you and the publisher to get the money and I the book. But I find this rather convoluted and I still don’t know if Amazon also has these silly geographic restrictions.

Jim,
I d/l “Rooms” to the Kindle app on my netbook, primarily because Amazon was offering it free. Wasn’t looking for Christian fiction and didn’t realize what it was until a few pages in. I can only say “thank you” for writing it. Even though I have been a believer since 1989, there are barriers to opening my heart that I contend with every day. “Rooms” may not be the cure-all but I have gained a new perspective and perhaps, some incentive to go a bit deeper to unlocking my heart and to being open to what God wants for me.

Jim,
I finished Rooms last night. I can unabashedly say that it is the best book I have ever read. It spoke to my heart like no fiction book ever has (and I read voraciously) Because of my love for your book, I am hoping to start a book club to read this book together and talk about it weekly. I am also going to start reading it to my husband. Thank you so much for writing this book and for the heart and soul you put into it!

I recieved this book and Book of Days from B&H Publishing in exchange for an honest review. I am so very impressed. You have tackled the problem of bondages in a very interesting way – showing that a person must decide what “world” they will live in. I am so very impressed. I can not wait to read more from you. I commend you for following the leading of God in the use of the talents He has given you. It is evident in this blog and in your writing that you have a passion for seeing people freed from the bondages of the enemy to become what God created them to be. Thank you for such a wonderful book.

I am a pastor and aspiring author who just completed Rooms</i). You are a gifted writer that God is using in a wonderful way! Who knows, when I finish my manuscript, I may need your expertise through Barefoot Marketing. (Yeah, I like to check out the author whenever I love a book as much as I did yours. Thanks for pursuing your dreams so we, the readers, can benefit!

I just finished reading “Rooms” this past Sunday, and for someone who likes to take their time to go through a book, I have to tell you that I didn’t want to stop reading this one! WOW! I was going to comment here earlier to tell you how much I enjoyed it, but hadn’t gotten around to it yet. Today though, on my way into work I happened to hear the song “Closer” by Shawn McDonald playing on the radio and couldn’t help but think how your book and that song seemed to fit so well together! Truly inspirational and heartwarming ~ makes one long to see the face of God, and just be in His presence! God bless and keep up the great writing…I’ll be looking forward to more! ;0)

I especially appreciated the parts about listening to the wrong voices. How often do people do that, have I done that? It takes focus and discipline to block out the wrong voices in our lives. If we think about it, we know the wrong voices when we hear them, our consciences tell us who they are. They are the voices that enslave us, that don’t love and care for who we really are. Now I think of Rooms and the bad voice when I start listening to the wrong voices and stop myself. Thank you.

I just finished reading ROOMS while eating breakfast at Burger King. Maybe no one there saw the tears (of joy!) in my eyes as I finished. I read a lot, but seldom do the books bring me to tears, and I notice that usually those that do are Chrisitian novels or biographies. Also, in your acknowledgements section (yes, I am one of those who always read the comments and acknowledgements), I notice that you credited Bryan Davis, whose books are one of the few others who have brought me to tears. Thank you so much for listening to God and taking His guidance in writing this novel! (Just as a side note, fourteen years ago, my wife and I had a son that we named Micah, just as you and Darci did.)

I am currently reading ROOMS! Just wanted to say I am super ecstatic to have found your book. I just read the Priest Graveyard by Ted Dekker and my library had you listed as a similar read…WOW!!! I am now a James L. Rubart fan!!! Looking forward to reading your other writings and your work in the future!

My wife borrowed your book Rooms from the local libary, she enjoyed it so much she sugested that I read it as well. What a book it should be used in schools as it puts life in an easy way to understand and points the way to faith and truth in a way that is easy to understand.

Rubart, what a great story “The Chair”, i am so thankful that you love Christ with such abandonment and are able to take your gift of writing and imagination and come up with a great fictional story that has so much of God’s truth in it, it is a blessing to watch your journey, you are a writer! Oh by the way that character AC who is that guy????

Jim, I have just finished “Book of Days”. Very good. I find it interesting that you used water in the story, as in the Bible water represents the Holy Spirit. He is also our Teacher. Really neat. I have “The Chair” waiting in my bookcase for me. Thank you for writing such great books. Gwen

You are a new author to my library of Christian authors and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all three of your books. They certainly are thought provoking! I hope you will continue to write more of these types of books so people will have the opportunity to explore their life experiences through reading them.

I have to say you are at the top of my list of favorites authors right now. I have read all three of your books and can’t wait till October when your next book comes out. I tell everyone that is looking for a good book that they need to read one of your books. Especially Rooms and The Chair. You have a fan for life.

Rooms was recommended to me by a dear therapist/friend. I could not put it down till I finished it last night at 2 a.m. Loved it! Thank you for putting it out there to help many with much good teaching and real truth, me included. Much of Micah’s mental back and forths and desires resounded alike in my own journey, especially now that I am at a crossroads in my life, I know the book was God sent and I pray the road becomes clear to me to decide according to His plan. God bless you! Juana

Hi Jim, I came across Rooms while searching Amazon for good books. Thankfully my library had the book (such a surprise!) and it is wonderful. Your book about Micah is so amazing and has helped me to begin looking harder at my own life and how I can gain more freedom in Christ. I will be buying Rooms so that I can read it and mark it up as much as I like, and I am very much looking forward to purchasing your other books and being blessed by them as well. I will be recommending them to all of my friends. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. It is truly a treasure! Jan